Sport

With a wealth of experience in sports law, at LCA we provide consultancy to professional and non-professional stakeholders in the sports industry (clubs, Italian Olympics committees, federations, players and athletes, sports agents) as well as those involved in ancillary related services, such as sponsors, marketing agencies, start-ups, banks and investment funds.

We can support you in the following areas:

  • management of acquisitions and extraordinary transactions, legal and tax due diligence
  • sports performance contracts, employment contracts and economic agreements, membership relations
  • national and international assistance to athletes, coaches, sports managers, associations, clubs and other entities in the sector
  • national and international transfers of football players
  • disputes before national and international sports justice bodies and, in particular, before FIFA bodies, the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) and the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS-TAS)
  • the organisation and management of sporting events and exhibitions
  • intellectual property, exploitation of image rights, protection of reputation, licensing and sponsorships
  • national and international regulations, association and affiliation management and membership relations
  • immigration law and procedures for obtaining entry visas and residence permits for members, managers and accompanying persons
  • sports taxation

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